Difference between revisions of "Verses on the Heart of Dependent Origination"
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| − | by Ārya Nāgārjuna | + | by [[Ārya]] [[Nāgārjuna]] |
| − | In the language of India: pratītyasamutpāda hṛdaya kārikā | + | In the [[language]] of [[India]]: [[pratītyasamutpāda]] [[hṛdaya]] [[kārikā]] |
| − | In the language of Tibet: རྟེན་ཅིང་འབྲེལ་པར་འབྱུང་བའི་སྙིང་པོའི་ཚིག་ལེའུར་བྱས་པ།, (rten cing 'brel par 'byung ba'i snying po tshig le'ur byas pa) | + | In the [[language]] of [[Tibet]]: {{BigTibetan|རྟེན་ཅིང་འབྲེལ་པར་འབྱུང་བའི་སྙིང་པོའི་ཚིག་ལེའུར་བྱས་པ།}}, (rten [[cing]] 'brel par 'byung ba'i [[snying po]] tshig le'ur [[byas pa]]) |
| − | Homage to Mañjuśrī, the Youthful! | + | Homage to [[Mañjuśrī]], the Youthful! |
<poem> | <poem> | ||
These different links, twelve in number, | These different links, twelve in number, | ||
| − | Which Buddha taught as dependent origination, | + | Which [[Buddha]] [[taught]] as [[dependent origination]], |
Can be summarized in three categories: | Can be summarized in three categories: | ||
| − | Mental afflictions, karma and suffering. | + | [[Mental afflictions]], [[karma]] and [[suffering]]. |
| − | The first, eighth and ninth are afflictions, | + | The first, eighth and ninth are [[afflictions]], |
| − | The second and tenth are karma, | + | The second and tenth are [[karma]], |
| − | The remaining seven are suffering. | + | The remaining seven are [[suffering]]. |
| − | Thus the twelve links are grouped in three. | + | Thus the [[twelve links]] are grouped in three. |
From the three the two originate, | From the three the two originate, | ||
And from the two the seven come, | And from the two the seven come, | ||
From seven the three come once again— | From seven the three come once again— | ||
| − | Thus the wheel of existence turns and turns. | + | Thus the [[wheel of existence]] turns and turns. |
| − | All beings consist of causes and effects, | + | All [[beings]] consist of [[causes]] and effects, |
| − | In which there is no | + | In which there is no ‘[[sentient being]]’ at all. |
| − | From phenomena which are exclusively empty, | + | From [[phenomena]] which are exclusively [[empty]], |
| − | There arise only empty phenomena. | + | There arise only [[empty]] [[phenomena]]. |
All things are devoid of any ‘I’ or ‘mine’. | All things are devoid of any ‘I’ or ‘mine’. | ||
| − | Like a recitation, a candle, a mirror, a seal, | + | Like a {{Wiki|recitation}}, a candle, a [[mirror]], a {{Wiki|seal}}, |
| − | A magnifying glass, a seed, sourness, or a sound, | + | A magnifying glass, a seed, sourness, or a [[sound]], |
| − | So also with the continuation of the | + | So also with the continuation of the [[aggregates]]— |
| − | The wise should know they are not transferred. | + | The [[wise]] should know they are not transferred. |
| − | Then, as for extremely subtle entities, | + | Then, as for extremely {{Wiki|subtle}} entities, |
| − | Those who regard them with nihilism, | + | Those who regard them with [[nihilism]], |
| − | Lacking precise and thorough knowledge, | + | Lacking precise and thorough [[knowledge]], |
| − | Will not see the actuality of conditioned arising. | + | Will not see the [[actuality]] of [[conditioned arising]]. |
In this, there is not a thing to be removed, | In this, there is not a thing to be removed, | ||
Nor the slightest thing to be added. | Nor the slightest thing to be added. | ||
| − | It is looking perfectly into reality itself, | + | It is looking perfectly into [[reality]] itself, |
| − | And when reality is seen, complete liberation. | + | And when [[reality]] is seen, [[complete liberation]]. |
</poem> | </poem> | ||
| − | This concludes the verses on | + | This concludes the verses on ‘[[The Heart of Dependent Origination]]’ composed by the [[teacher]] [[Ārya]] [[Nāgārjuna]]. |
| − | | Translated by Adam Pearcey, 2008. | + | | Translated by [[Adam Pearcey]], 2008. |
Latest revision as of 22:19, 11 February 2020
In the language of India: pratītyasamutpāda hṛdaya kārikā
In the language of Tibet: རྟེན་ཅིང་འབྲེལ་པར་འབྱུང་བའི་སྙིང་པོའི་ཚིག་ལེའུར་བྱས་པ།, (rten cing 'brel par 'byung ba'i snying po tshig le'ur byas pa)
Homage to Mañjuśrī, the Youthful!
These different links, twelve in number,
Which Buddha taught as dependent origination,
Can be summarized in three categories:
Mental afflictions, karma and suffering.
The first, eighth and ninth are afflictions,
The second and tenth are karma,
The remaining seven are suffering.
Thus the twelve links are grouped in three.
From the three the two originate,
And from the two the seven come,
From seven the three come once again—
Thus the wheel of existence turns and turns.
All beings consist of causes and effects,
In which there is no ‘sentient being’ at all.
From phenomena which are exclusively empty,
There arise only empty phenomena.
All things are devoid of any ‘I’ or ‘mine’.
Like a recitation, a candle, a mirror, a seal,
A magnifying glass, a seed, sourness, or a sound,
So also with the continuation of the aggregates—
The wise should know they are not transferred.
Then, as for extremely subtle entities,
Those who regard them with nihilism,
Lacking precise and thorough knowledge,
Will not see the actuality of conditioned arising.
In this, there is not a thing to be removed,
Nor the slightest thing to be added.
It is looking perfectly into reality itself,
And when reality is seen, complete liberation.
This concludes the verses on ‘The Heart of Dependent Origination’ composed by the teacher Ārya Nāgārjuna.
| Translated by Adam Pearcey, 2008.
Source
http://www.lotsawahouse.org/indian-masters/nagarjuna/heart-dependent-origination
